so...

[electricland]

we bought a house! *eeeeeee!*

It needs a little fixing up. In the words of the listing:

"Renovator's Delight-Same Family For Many Years--New Furnace-Newer Roof---Spacious 2.5 Storey Home-High Ceilings"

Or in real terms, we have bought a house with:

• a great location


• 2 1/2 storeys


• a full, but unfinished basement with a separate, but collapsing entrance


• no appliances


• kitchen cupboards on the walls, but not base cabinets


• plumbing and wiring that all has to be replaced


• some extremely retro and probably valuable sinks and tubs


• two 23-year-old windows (the rest are original)


• a brand spankin' new furnace that hasn't been connected to the water heater yet


• floors in decent condition (except for the former kitchens, which have ancient and grotty lino tiles)


• original baseboards (somewhere underneath the layers of paint)


• a really hideous front porch with green awnings


• a pocket-handkerchief fenced back yard


• a bucket of coal in the basement (I do hope that goes with the house)

ETA: Oh, and the roof is only 4-5 years old, so we have that going for us. And no termites, although we have to stick a foundation or something on the addition on the back of the house.

It used to be a rooming house. Someone's ancient Polish granny was living in it until recently. It's possible that we're crazy.

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[lostvoice.livejournal.com]

That is the *perfect* mix of excitement and insanity!

Congratulations!

[lietya.livejournal.com]

Yay!! Congrats!

[rolypolypony.livejournal.com]

YAYAYAYAY!!!!!!

CoNGRATS!!!! So exciting!! :)

Now...pictures?

YAY!:)

[calebbullen.livejournal.com]

Congratulations!

[life-on-queen.livejournal.com]

It's possible that we're crazy.

You're both nuts. But I don't think that has anything to do with the house.

*smiles sweetly*

[themusesbitch.livejournal.com]

Congratulations!

Can I borrow your home-finding mojo for a bit, since you're done with it for the moment? ;-)

[bryghtboy.livejournal.com]

You have this place for sure? The requisite, wait till you are ready to freaking scream part is over?

Polish Granny you say? Smell faintly of cabbage? :)

Wiring and plumbing can take forever, you guys are thinking of doing this yourselves with help from your family? Cause yeah, that sounds much more adventurous and crazy than all of the rest of it... with the possible exception of all the windows being original, place must leak something fierce!

[swestrup]

Yay for homeownershipness!

[metawidget]

Yay for successful searches!

Yay for constructive/construction craziness!

[brisingamen.livejournal.com]

Welcome to the wonderful world of home ownership. The hosue sounds fascinating. I'm looking forward to photos.

[mrs-cake.livejournal.com]

Wow, you're so grown up!

Congrats, sounds like a fab place... Bring on some piccies :)

[ex-mthrtong.livejournal.com]

Exciting! Are you going to be doing the renovations yourselves, or are you going to have to hire people?

[wanderingaengus.livejournal.com]

Congrats!

and good luck

[keyef.livejournal.com]

Oh my GOD! That's great.. and crazy.. and great!

I assume it's still in the Beaches, right?

And now, instead of music/drinking parties, you can have renovation parties. Everyone, come and help us repaint! or Who wants to re-tile a floor? Come on.. I know you do!


Actually, I would totally love a gathering like that! I adore doing home renovations.. as you might have guessed based on my request to assemble your furniture..

[javahousejihad.livejournal.com]

Welcome to being landed.

It's pretty scary & exciting at the same time, isn't it?
When I bought mine, I kept thinking 'Oh my god, what did I do?' followed by 'Oh my god, I got a house!'.


It sounds like a really neat house, when was it built?

[thassalia.livejournal.com]

Whoo Hooo! Congratulations!

[jenlev.livejournal.com]

congratulations! i hope that process of moving and settling in goes well.

*pops open virtual bottle of champagne*

ps. you're probably not crazy, but you are going to have a very entertaining time i think. ;)

[electricland.livejournal.com]

hee! thank you!

Looks like I was serious about that combination apartment warming/cooling party...

[electricland.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much!

[pretentiousgit.livejournal.com]

I am seconding that. And also, CONGRATULATIONS!

[scapersuse.livejournal.com]

Woohoo!! Congrats.

You realize this means you have to stay here now, don't you? ;)

[electricland.livejournal.com]

Hee! Thank you!

There will definitely be pictures, oh yes. I'm thinking a photo-documentary is in order. Here's the one from the listing to start off:



You can't really tell how incredibly ugly that porch is from this, but trust me... it is.

More to come once we figure out how to get them off the digital camera. ;)

[electricland.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[electricland.livejournal.com]

:P

It's probably the company we keep.

*smiles back*

[electricland.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much!

You are more than welcome to whatever home-finding mojo we have. (I gotta say, doing this with my cousin is all that kept me going... of course she was more motivated than me to start with.)

Anyway, with luck Granny Weatherwax will give you some home-finding fortune. If she feels like it.